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Police looking for BCIT nursing student who helped Halloween stabbing victim

Vancouver police want to talk to an unidentified BCIT nursing student who provided first aid to a Burnaby man stabbed to death last Halloween. Police arrived at the Plaza of Nations in Vancouver in the early hours of Nov.
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Vancouver police want to talk to an unidentified BCIT nursing student who provided first aid to a Burnaby man stabbed to death last Halloween.

Police arrived at the Plaza of Nations in Vancouver in the early hours of Nov. 1 after a series of calls about two groups of men involved in a fight, according to a VPD press release Monday.

Three men suffered serious stab wounds, and one, 25-year-old Hansen Jia Chen from Burnaby, died of his injuries.

Before officers and paramedics arrived, police say an unknown woman gave Chen first aid near the taxi stand at the front of the plaza.

According to witnesses, she identified herself as a BCIT nursing practicum student.

Police want to talk to the woman as a witness, but so far they haven’t been able to identify her.

The VPD are appealing for her to come forward and contact detectives at 604-717-2500.

“She was doing the right thing,” VPD spokesperson Const. Jason Doucette said at a press conference Monday morning. “She stuck around and did her best.”
The police have no reason to believe the unknown nursing students is trying to avoid coming forward, according to Doucette, who said she might just not know they need her help.

Police are also requesting anyone who may have any cell phone footage showing the area near the Plaza of Nations between 9 p.m. on Oct. 31 and 2 a.m. on Nov. 1 to contact them at 604-717-2500.